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The extreme fear of change is also known as metathesiophobia; even the word sounds scary! This is when change, no matter how small, fills you with dread and can force you to avoid situations altogether! You don’t have to have a full-blown phobia to feel nervous about a life transformation that is happening. Humans have […]

Life is certainly uncertain. It doesn’t matter who you are, life will always throw challenges your way. No matter if we expect them not to, these speed bumps that appear in our path can sometimes feel more like mountains. Even when we can influence them, these challenges can still be overwhelming and confusing, leaving us […]

If the thought of another meeting (either internally or externally) fills you with dread, or a poorly facilitated event leaves participants feeling frustrated and undervalued and organisers wondering why they bothered, then maybe it’s time to evaluate to really understand how to improve for the future and that’s where good facilitation training can really help. […]

We don’t think twice when it comes to having teachers, tutors and coaches when we are younger, but when we reach adulthood it becomes easy to ignore the importance of having support in place for both our personal and business lives. Many perceive coaching as only for the underperformers, however, this is far from the […]

Growth mindset is a term coined by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck. Maybe you have never come across it previously; perhaps you have but have not yet explored what it could mean for you and your company. Either way, focussing on creating a growth mindset within your company will give you motivated, high-achieving and happy employees, […]

After an already celebratory year being crowned Entrepreneur of the Year and becoming a finalist of the SME National Business Awards at Wembley this December, Amanda Murrell, Managing Director of Amanda Murrell Associates Ltd, is set to really buck the trend at the end of this year when she gets married in Mission Beach, Queensland […]

Stakeholder engagement could be the make or break of your business. Don’t let your organisation receive a letter like this; but if you do, make sure you follow their advice. Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to make you aware of the upset caused for myself and other stakeholders in your business project due […]

What is the point of training when your employees already have the skills to do their job? What if broadening their skills encourages them to move on and take their newly-learnt skills with them? When training takes so much time, why not carry on as things are and use the time to get on with […]

No matter who we are, or where we work, we will all face difficult co-workers during our careers. It isn’t surprising that there are disagreements when we are in a potentially stressful environment with many varying personalities. However, we spend so much of our time at work, it is necessary to make the work environment […]

Sir Mo Farah and Usain Bolt are two of the most well-loved athletes in 2017. They have reached the tops of their career ladders decorated in gold. The retirement leap from the top of this ladder is therefore unsurprisingly daunting, and with both Mo and Usain being under the age of 35 when they hung […]

It can be very difficult to change your mindset when you take on a more senior role. Having spent many years as a manager and needing to understand every detail around your specialist area, when you take a promotion you no longer can work in that way. An organisational leader needs to be able to […]

We have had a few days to digest the Spring Budget and are being faced with headlines such as: After that Budget I won’t be able to make ends meet’: Self-employed workers and business owners tell their stories Press coverage and social media have taken a strong, negative focus on the outcome of the budget […]